Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “hiker” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

12 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
hiker	12	51	1939	(None)
biker	11	60	2256	1	biker
diker	10	55	2455	1	diker
hider	9	50	2408	1	hider
hike	11	68	3039	1	hike_
hiked	13	59	1920	1	hiked
hikers	13	50	1435	1	hikers
hikes	12	54	2698	1	hikes
hirer	8	54	2312	1	hirer
liker	9	56	2706	1	liker
piker	11	56	2284	1	piker
siker	9	53	2603	1	siker

Search took 1 second overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	28756	0.263	679433.5
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	12	0.533	53951.2
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	0.796	224486.2